...To understand why people engage or not in prosocial behaviours we should predominately look at their situational factors together with the other pre-dispositional psychological, environmental and emotional imperatives that comprise the basis of people’s core beliefs and value systems. Attitudes to multiculturalism are influenced by situational factors that have been shown to have an effect on social behaviour, including; racial bias, prejudice, conformity, obedience, attitudes and changes to group norms. Out-group bias identified by race can influence prosocial behaviour as in-group members are more productive for their groups benefit and less helpful to the out-groups (Stepanikova, Simpson, 2011). Prosocial behaviour is behaviour intended to solely help or benefit another (Eisenberg, 2007). Research into the relationship between prosocial behaviour and socioeconomic status has also shown that lower socio economic groups have more compassion and therefore behave more prosocially when allocating resources (Piff, Kraus, 2010). Situational factors include people being more likely to help their family members. Kin selection refers to the theory that people will choose to help people first that are related to them so that their family’s biological genes will live on. Kinship can be extended to other groups that we are familiar with, community groups that we may belong to and people that we socialise with and share common values (Hippel, Hasselton, 2007). Social learning and...
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...Contents 1.0 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND OF GERMANY 1 1.1.0 PEOPLE AND SOCIETY OF GERMANY 1 1.2 INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATUS OF GERMANY 2 2.0 INTERNTIONAL TRADING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES 3 2.1.0 GERMANY’S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH FRANCE 5 3.0 Data collection and Analysis 6 3.1 Data collection 6 3.2 Analysis 7 3.2.1 IMPORT 7 3.2.2 EXPORT 8 3.2.3 REAL GDP 8 3.2.4 INFLATION 9 3.2.5 UNEMPLOYMENT 10 3.2.6 INTEREST RATE 10 3.2.7 EXCHANGE RATE 11 3.2.8 BALANCE OF PAYMENT 11 4.0 IMPORT AGAINST REAL GDP 12 4.1 IMPORT AGAINST CPI 12 4.2 IMPORT AGAINST UNEMPLOYMENT 13 4.3 IMPORT AGAINST INTEREST RATE 13 4.4 IMPORT AGAINST EXCHANGE RATE 14 4.5 IMPORT AGAINST B.O.P 14 4.6 EXPORT VS REAL GDP 15 4.7 EXPORT VS CPI 15 4.8 EXPORT VS UNEMPLOYMENT 16 4.9 EXPORT VS INTEREST RATE 16 4.10 EXPORT VS EXCHANGE RATE 16 4.11 EXPORT VS B.O.P 17 4.12 IMPORT VS OTHER FACTORS 18 4.13 EXPORT VS OTHER FACTORS 18 5.0 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF GERMANY 19 5.1 Exporting German Troubles 19 5.2 Industrial Competitiveness 19 5.3 Paying for Europe 20 6.0 RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION 21 6.1 RECOMMENDATION 21 6.2 CONCLUSION 21 References 22 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF GERMANY Germany which is otherwise called the federal republic of Germany which is additionally the parliamentary republic in the western-focal piece of Europe which comprises of 16 bodies electorate and which has held its predominance. Its capital is Berlin and its landmass covers a zone of 357...
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...entity – income flows through to members Popular for of a business due to combination of tax status and limited liability Corporation – Stockholders – usually many, stockholders are personally liable Owned by stockholders Ability to raise large sums of capital Larger than proprietor. And partners. Legally distinct from its owners Double Taxation – corporate income is taxed and shareholders taxed of dividends Elect board of directors Assumptions and Principles Entity assumption – a business is a separate economic unit Continutiy (going-concern) assumption – entity will continue to exist indefinitely Historical cost principle – assets recorded at purchase price Stable monetary unit assumption – stable Interntional Financial Reporting Standards(IFRS) Many countries have own versions of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) Reports had to be restated to convert accounting data from one country to another IFRS developed and are used by most countries in the world US still follows on GAAP US GAAP overseen by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) SEC tentaviley set date for U.S adoption of IFRS in 2015 Will make it easier to compare financial statements across the world. Most common accounting practices similar under both U.S GAAP and...
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...a kind system, called Business Intelligence from Voice of Customer (BIVoC), that can: 1) combine unstructured information and structured information in an information intensive enterprise and 2) derive richer business insights from the combined data. Unstructured information, in this paper, refers to Voice of Customer (VoC) obtained from interaction of customer with enterprise namely, conversation with call-center agents, email, and sms. Structured database reflect only those business variables that are static over (a longer window of) time such as, educational qualification, age group, and employment details. In contrast, a combination of unstructured and structured data provide access to business variables that reflect upto date dynamic requirements of the customers and more importantly indicate trends that are difficult to derive from a larger population of customers through any other means. For example, some of the variables reflected in unstructured data are problem/interest in a certain product, expression of dissatisfaction with the business provided, and some unexplored category of people showing certain interest/problem. This gives the BIVoC system the ability to derive business insights that are richer, more valuable and crucial to the enterprises than the traditional business intelligence systems which utilize only structured information. We demostrate the effectiveness of BIVoC system through one of our real-life engagements where the problem is...
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...International Development. DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH RESEARCH The DHS Working Papers series is an unreviewed and unedited prepublication series of papers reporting on research in progress based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data. This research was carried out with support provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the MEASURE DHS project (#GPO-C-00-03-00002-00). The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, the United States Government, or the organizations to which the authors belong. MEASURE DHS assists countries worldwide in the collection and use of data to monitor and evaluate population, health, and nutrition programs. Additional information about the MEASURE DHS project can be obtained by contacting ICF Macro, Demographic and Health Research Division, 11785 Beltsville Drive, Suite 300, Calverton, MD 20705 (telephone: 301-572-0200; fax: 301-572-0999; e-mail: reports@macrointernational.com; internet: www.measuredhs.com). Utilization of HIV-Related Services from the Private Health Sector: A Multi-Country Analysis Wenjuan Wang1 Sara Sulzbach2 Susna De3 February 2010 Corresponding authors: Wenjuan Wang, International Health and Development Division, ICF Macro, 11785 Beltsville Drive, Calverton, Maryland 20705, USA; Phone: 301-572-0398; Fax: 301-572-0983; Email: wenjuan.wang@macrointernational.com. 1 2 International Health and Development Division, ICF Macro International...
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